Election Results
| General Election 2001: Falkirk East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Connarty | 18,536 | 55.0 | -1.1 | |
| SNP | Isobel Hutton | 7,824 | 23.2 | -0.7 | |
| Conservative | Bill Stevenson | 3,252 | 9.6 | -4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Karen Utting | 2,992 | 8.9 | +3.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Anthony Weir | 725 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Raymond Stead | 373 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Hugh Lynch | 490 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,712 | 31.8 | |||
| Turnout | 33,702 | 58.5 | -14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Falkirk East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Connarty | 23,344 | 56.1 | ||
| SNP | Keith Brown | 9,959 | 23.9 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Nicol | 5,813 | 14.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Rodger Spillane | 2,153 | 5.2 | ||
| Referendum Party | Sebastian Mowbray | 325 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 13,385 | 32.2 | |||
| Turnout | 41,594 | 73.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Falkirk East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Connarty | 18,423 | 46.1 | ||
| SNP | Ron Halliday | 10,454 | 26.2 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Harding | 8,279 | 20.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Miss Debra Storr | 2,775 | 6.9 | ||
| Majority | 7,969 | 20.0 | |||
| Turnout | 39,931 | 76.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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